gift card scams

Asian Scam Farms: ‘Industrial Scale,’ Warns UN Report
Richi Jennings | | #CryptoScam, #InvestmentScam, #PigButchering, Amazon Phishing Scams, AppleCare Warranty Scam, bank scam, bitcoin ATM scam, bitcoin scam, bitcoin transfer scams, gift card, gift card fraud, Gift Card Gang, gift card scams, gift cards, GiftCardScams, online romance scam, pig butchering, Pig Butchering Scams, romance, romance fraud, romance scam, romance scammers, romance scams, SB Blogwatch, social media intelligence, United Nations, UNODC
Bacon Redux: Pig butchering and other serious scams still thriving, despite crackdowns in Dubai and Myanmar ...
Security Boulevard

‘Microsoft’ Scammers Steal the Most, the FTC Says
Richi Jennings | | #CryptoScam, #InvestmentScam, Amazon Phishing Scams, AppleCare Warranty Scam, bank scam, bitcoin ATM scam, bitcoin scam, bitcoin transfer scams, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), FTC, FTC Warning, gift card, gift card fraud, Gift Card Gang, gift card scams, gift cards, GiftCardScams, pig butchering, Pig Butchering Scams, SB Blogwatch, social media intelligence, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, USFTC
Scammers impersonating Microsoft, Publishers Clearing House, Amazon and Apple are at the top of the FTC’s “who’s who” list. Based on consumer reports and complaints to the agency, hundreds of millions of ...
Security Boulevard

Sophisticated Smishing Compromises Employee Accounts, Accesses Corporate Gift Card Systems
Stephen Kowski | | CTO Corner, Cybersecurity, cyberthreats, gift card scams, Mobile, Phishing, smishing, social engineering, social engineering scams
We at SlashNext want to draw attention to the alarming trend of cybercriminals exploiting advanced techniques to target retail corporations, as highlighted in the recent FBI Private Industry Notification (PIN). The threat ...

Microsoft: Storm-0539 Group Behind a Surge of Gift Card Scams
With the holiday season well underway, a threat group with a history of gift card scams is ramping up its efforts, according to Microsoft. The vendor’s Threat Intelligence unit wrote in a ...
Security Boulevard

Top 5 Ways to Protect Customers this Holiday Season
Bolster Research Labs | | blackfriday, brand protection, gift card scams, newly registered domains, social media protection
Bolster analyzes over 4 million records daily across the entire internet and puts together an end-of-year research. Bolster has found significant increase in fraud during the holidays ...

Common Scam Tactics and Techniques
Social-Engineer | | fear based scams, General Social Engineer Blog, gift card scams, romance scams, scam tactics and techniques, social engineering, tech support scams, work related scams
In today’s technologically forward world, online scams have become both common and effective. The Internet Crimes Complaint Center (IC3) states […] ...

Gift Card Scams Explode in Upcoming Holiday Shopping Season
Young-Sae Song | | brand protection, gift card scams, logo detection, online fraud, Phishing Attacks
Bolster research discovered a sharp rise in gift card scams as cyber criminals launch new tactics to take advantage of their rise in popularity ...